a white violet. 4. The moon is-shining (shines). 5. The good boy
is-walking (walks). 6. The beautiful yellow bird is-flying (flies).
7. The strong man is-sleeping (sleeps). 8. The white bird is-singing
(sings). 9. A strong horse runs, and a man walks. 10. The sun shines,
and the boy is-singing (sings). 11. The large yellow apple. 12. An apple
large and good.



LESSON III.


THE PLURAL NUMBER.

16. The plural number of nouns, that is, the form which indicates
more than one person or thing, is made by adding "-j" to the noun, as
"viroj", men, from "viro", man; "tabloj", tables, from "tablo", table.

[Footnote: "-oj" is pronounced like "oy" in "boy". See 5.]

17. An adjective modifying a plural noun agrees with it in number, being
given the plural form by the addition of the ending -j. An adjective
modifying two or more nouns used together is of course given the plural
form:

bonaj viroj, good men.
grandaj cxevaloj, large horses.
belaj birdo kaj floro (bela birdo kaj bela floro),
beautiful bird and (beautiful) flower.